Mr Richard (Dick) Frizzell MNZM

Mr Frizzell attended Hastings Boys’ High School from 1957-1961. In 1960 he won the Best Portrait Award and the Best Senior Painting Award. He also had two of his drawings published in the 1960 and 1961 Heretaunga.

Mr Frizzell trained at the Ilam School of Fine Arts at the University of Canterbury. After graduating he worked in advertising for many years, and it is through this that he gained his appreciation for the advertising characters he uses in his work.

Mr Frizzell has contributed designs to Esther Diamond linen company, has released several varieties of "Frizzell Wines," and designed the cover and several illustrations for The Great New Zealand Songbook. Mr Frizzell also wrote Dick Frizzell: The Painter. Mr Frizzell is represented by Gow Langsford Gallery in Auckland, the Central Art Gallery in Christchurch, and the Milford Gallery in Dunedin and Queenstown.

In the 2004 Queen's Birthday Honours, Mr Frizzell was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the arts.